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Jenn Howard – Valiant Women
While she’s not yet a fixture of the mainstream headlines, indie singer and songwriter Jenn Howard is moving mountains with her voice like nobody’s business...
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Taylor Jules – Helicopter
Singer/songwriter Taylor Jules, coming out of a crowded California scene this January, demonstrates a brilliant soft melodicism shaped into a worthwhile power ballad in her...
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Brian Shapiro Band – Better in TX
Brian Shapiro and his musical compatriots come together again for their latest single “Better in TX” and the results stick with you. The Philadelphia based...
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Justine Sletten – Dandelion
Justine Sletten has every opportunity to play the part of a stereotypical country songstress in her new single Dandelion, she instead bewitches us with a...
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La Need Machine – Killer Instinct
If you’ve ever heard the music of La Need Machine before, you know that charging guitars are a big part of their sound – but...
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MUMEx Duo – Heat The Silent
As both a fan and a professional critic, I can’t help but notice the uptick in increasingly conceptual output coming out of the underground lately....
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The Refusers – Eat The Bugs
The Refusers’ brand of modern hard/punk rock emerges again with the Seattle quintet’s new single “Eat The Bugs”. Michael Belkin’s latest lyrical tirade against the...
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Paul Nourigat – Complex Truths
Paul Nourigat’s Complex Truths are a brief collection of demos, but many acts/artists would be happy to release three songs packing the cumulative impact of this...
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California – Perfect World
You can hear and describe California featuring Les Fradkin’s new single “Perfect World” in multiple ways. One of those is as a promise kept. Fradkin...
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Pistols At Dawn – Ascension
You could say that there are a lot of big concept pieces in mainstream rock right now and you’d be 100% right, if not understating...
